'As soon as I slammed on the brakes, I saw flames engulf the bonnet'

MUM-OF-FOUR 'LUCKY TO BE ALIVE' AFTER SUBARU IS ENGULFED IN FIRE ON THE A63

- By HANNAH CORKEN

A MUM-of-four has recalled the moment that "shook her to her core" after she and her six-year-old son were "almost killed" when her car set on fire along the A63.

Reanne Wilson, 27, was driving her Subaru with her six-year-old son Lincoln as a passenger when she was "sent into a state of panic" as passing drivers tried to warn her that flames were billowing from the bonnet.

Reanne, from Scunthorpe, said: "I noticed a passenger pointing out of his car window, and as I leaned forward, I saw flames coming from the corner of the front bonnet. My heart began to race, and in that moment, it felt as though life had frozen everything around me. I couldn't hear.

"As soon as I slammed on the brakes, and the car came to a halt, it was then I saw flames engulf the bonnet. When you're driving, you don't see it because of the wind.